
Episode #5
An agender before its time
<p>To mark the physical publication of Dr Aby Watson’s essay, 'An agender before its time', on Benedict Phillips’ influential artwork and manifesto, the agender of the agresiv dislecksick, Disability Arts Online presents the full text alongside an audio version and an introduction by Colin Hambrook. Originally written in 2019 to commemorate the manifesto’s 25th anniversary, Watson’s essay explores its profound personal, political and artistic impact, and its radical challenge to the deficit-based narratives imposed upon dyslexic people. Published now, in the manifesto’s 30th year, it offers a powerful reflection on dyslexic self-representation, the disabling conventions of written la...


